Executive Order 8289 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8289—Establishing the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

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Wednesday, November 22, 1939

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1 min read (256 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-11-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ This reservation shall be known as the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

256

1,410 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8289, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 22, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8289-establishing-the-bosque-del-apache-national-wildlife-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

NEW MEXICO By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the public lands, together with the lands acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in the following-described areas, comprising approximately 60,267 acres, in Socorro County, New Mexico, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid, existing rights, for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided, that any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title thereto or control thereof by the United States: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN All that part of T. 6 S., R. 1 W., unsurveyed, lying on the northwest side of the Bosque del Apache Grant between the boundaries of the Bosque del Apache Grant No. 35 and the Pedro Armendaris Grant No. 34; All the Bosque del Apache Grant No. 35 lying in Tps. 5, 6, and 7 S., Rs. 1 W. and 1 E., and Tps. 5 and 6 S., R. 2 E. This reservation shall be known as the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 22, 1939.